This perpetually unclassifiable and unfinished book of selfreflective fragments was first published in portuguese in 1982, and it is arguably pessoas masterpiece. Like im sick of everything, and of the everythingness of everything. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet goodreads. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Aug 27, 2016 poem hunter all poems of by fernando pessoa poems. As a summary of the work of the writer generally known as fernando pessoa, this autobiographical declaration poses some unusual problems. Future editors, as obsessed as they are with completionism, included more than the author intended sometimes depending on the version. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa.
A newly published english translation, by margaret jull costa, is called the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in lisbon in 1888. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. Dec 04, 2010 his book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of paper and published nearly 50 years after pessoas death makes for sleepless, existential reading. Only my ghostly and imaginary friends, only the conversations i have in my dreams, are genuinely real and substantial. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics ebook. The transformation book provides significant insight. In lisbon there are a few restaurants or eating houses located above decentlooking taverns, places with the heavy, domestic look of restaurants in towns far from any rail line. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography.
Fernando pessoa remains one of the most enigmatic writers of the 20th century. Biblioteca municipal figueira da foz posts facebook. The book of disquiet is a hodgepodge of different fragmentary ideas, and though there is some editorial freedom in such a concept, fernando pessoa did include some notes on which parts he wanted. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. The pedestal is adorned with magnificent figures depicting the rebuilding of lisbon after the great earthquake in 1755. Fernando pessoa s most popular book is the book of disquiet. But fernando pessoas great work offers us a different approach altogether.
A modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to ulysses, the trial or in search of lost time, fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is edited and translated with an introduction by richard zenith in penguin modern classics. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa book chat duration. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets. Imagination, reality and the pleasure of masking and dreaming rodica grigore1 the portuguese writer fernando pessoa complicates the idea of fictionality, by underscoring the fact that the personality of soares the fictional author of the book of disquiet is neither his own nor com. Fernando pessoa was born in lisbon into a wellestablished middleclass family on june 1888.
Como educacao, apenas tinha tirado a instrucao primaria e nao tinha profissao. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. The first comprehensive english translation of poetry from the renowned portuguese author of the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. Fernando pessoa gutenberg publisher series librarything. Fernando pessoa citacoes e pensamentos home facebook. In the 11th hour, in a grateful joint moment, the interview went to clara laughter director of the house fernando pessoa and sergio machado letria director of the jose saramago foundation, with the joint programming of the days of the unrest, book play film the year of the death of ricardo reis, the partnership of both. In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers.
Compiled by the translator richard zenith, fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is a fulgent tribute to the imagination of man. Ver mas ideas sobre fernando pessoa, escritores y literatura. Pessoas rapid prose, snatched in flight and restlessly suggestive, remains haunting, often startling, like the touch of a vibrating wire, elusive and persistent like the poetry. Gimenez fernando pessoa y las mascaras escritas pessoa plural. Engage your students during remote learning with video readalouds. By bernardo soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon. Fernando pessoa has 733 books on goodreads with 162557 ratings. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa if you read this, you need to know what you are signing up for, so, below, ill let pessoa speak for himself.
Common knowledge publisher series fernando pessoa gutenberg. Four previous english translations, all published in 1991, were compromised either by abridgement, poor translation or errorladen source texts. Thanks to the recovery of a trunk, full of unpublished manuscripts, and the recognition of the poets genius, we are slowly beginning to build up a picture of his marvellous universe. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Most of pessoas prolific writings, only a single volume of which appeared in. Phenomenal woman, still i rise, the road not taken, if you forget me, dreams. The book of disquiet preface by fernando pessoa 3 a factless autobiography 9 a disquiet anthology 393 appendix i. Reflections on the book of disquiet from pessoas writings 471 notes 477 table of heteronyms 505 show more. Fernando pessoa, born fernando antonio nogueira pessoa pso. Fernando pessoa poems poems of fernando pessoa poem. He grew up in durban, south africa, where his stepfather was portuguese.
Fernando pessoa in 2020 literary heroes, fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics 30may2002. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records impressions he doesnt expect to see. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. Look, theres no metaphysics on earth like chocolates. Pessoa spent the formative years of his youth in south africa and was educated in the local schools where he received a thorough grounding in. His book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of paper and published nearly 50 years after pessoas death. His father died when he was five and two years later his mother married the portuguese consul in durban. Fall 2015 603 awell eknownpoetonceaskedmeifiwoulddohimthefavoroftransl ating. Jul 19, 20 fernando pessoa por paulo autran poemas ibamendes. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. May 30, 2002 a modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to ulysses, the trial or in search of lost time, fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet is edited and translated with an introduction by richard zenith in penguin modern classics.
Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. First published in 1982, 47 years after pessoas death, the book of disquiet presents a series of random impressions, diary like passages that double as articulations of personal philosophy. Its a series of vignettes, random thoughts and meditations all written between 19 and 1935. This is a vast quadrangular space lined on all sides except the north one by buildings of the pombal type. This is 19 minutes it contains notes 15 and includes pessoas preface where he claims to meet bernardo soares, the author of this book i.
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